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East and North Coasts

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Aberdeen Airport Sunny day 14° 59 ENE 11 16 1,014
Boulmer Mist 12° 83 N 10 4 1,009
Donna Nook Mist 12° 10° 86 N 16 4 1,003
F3 12° 11° 11° 97 W 10 1,002 6 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Sunny day 17° 60 ENE 8 26 1,017
Lerwick (S. Screen) Sunny day 14° 75 NE 13 24 1,019
Leuchars Sunny day 14° 68 ENE 19 10 1,012
Lossiemouth Sunny day 12° 74 ENE 15 9 1,015
Manston Mist 14° 12° 87 NW 10 3 1,001
Sandettie 12° 11° 11° 96 SSW 15 < 1 1,002 5 0.4
Shoeburyness Mist 14° 12° 86 W 7 2 1,001
Weybourne Mist 13° 11° 85 ENE 7 4 1,002
Wick John O Groats Airport Sunny day 14° 64 E 9 16 1,016

Offshore

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Brittany 12° 70 WSW 9 1,010
Gascogne
K1
K2 12° 12° 75 1,009
K7 10°
1,019
M6
Pap

South Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Bournemouth Airport Overcast 12° 11° 90 WNW 11 21 1,004
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 11° 77 WNW 9 26 1,007
E1 11° 76 W 14 1,007
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 11° 11° 97 2 1,003 6 0.8
Guernsey Sunny intervals 12° 73 W 18 24 1,007
Jersey Sunny intervals 13° 78 W 16 16 1,007
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 12° 71 W 13 13 1,006
Needles Old Battery
W 18
Seven Stones

West Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Belfast International Airport Sunny day 16° 64 ENE 18 13 1,005
Belmullet
Campbeltown Airport Sunny day 18° 53 E 20 18 1,007
Crosby Sunny intervals 22° 11° 51 ESE 11 14 1,002
Islay Airport Sunny day 19° 50 ENE 24 18 1,008
K4 11° 11° 12° 96 NNE 19 1,010
K5 10° 10° 10° 98 NE 17 1,017
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Sunny day 18° 12° 66 NE 17 1,003
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny day 17° 11° 70 ENE 23 16 1,011
St. Bees Head Sunny day 19° 12° 63 NE 16 14 1,004
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny day 13° 10° 85 NE 10 7 1,014
Tiree Cloudy 18° 11° 64 NE 18 15 1,009
Valentia Observatory
Valley Sunny day 17° 12° 70 ENE 11 8 1,002

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